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06 June, 2010
6:24 AM | 
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Touring Steve |
As it had been raining for much of the 2 weeks past, we figured we'd be leaving Moss Vale in the wet for sure. Well you have no idea how grateful we were to see the sun this morning, I'm sure it broke specially for our trip!
We had packed beforehand but we were a bit slow for the first load up... we'll get better, we'll sure get enough practice!
Leaving Moss Vale we headed to Marulan. I was keen to see if this extra weight of gear, equipment and technology would affect the DR's handling so we turned off and headed across swallow tail to Taralga.
We had packed beforehand but we were a bit slow for the first load up... we'll get better, we'll sure get enough practice!
Leaving Moss Vale we headed to Marulan. I was keen to see if this extra weight of gear, equipment and technology would affect the DR's handling so we turned off and headed across swallow tail to Taralga.
I completely forgot Luke had a brand new front tyre which was a little disconcerting in the wet and dry patches we found on the initial stretch of road, they were everywhere.
My positive first impressions of my Avon Distanzias' held true. Everyone was telling me "mate they're road tyres!" but in reality they are proving to be a great all round tyre. The swallow tail was a bit slippery but overall the performance of the bike was good and we were happy with the way they "felt", at least thus far.
From Taralga we rode on to Laggan then to Binda. We hit the tar again and headed towards Tuena, enjoying the fabulous winding and undulating road. Somewhere, just after we crossed the Abercrombie I had the good fortune to experience our first "incident"... a Galah flew straight into my helmet!
Initially I was a bit stunned, wondering what had happened, unfortunately for the bird it was dead so we wouldn't be exchanging contact details and my no claim bonus would remain intact! Luke said I didn't waiver my line much when it struck and I stayed on my side the road frankly .... I had no idea I just charged on!
From that point it was plain sailing through Blayney, Orange and Parkes. We finished up in Condobolin.
That's it for day 1, stay tuned for more.
Regards, Russell.
That's it for day 1, stay tuned for more.
Regards, Russell.
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